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Tibet in Song

directed by Ngawang Choephel, fl. 2009; produced by Ngawang Choephel, fl. 2009, Guge Productions (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media), 1 hour 26 mins
Leaving Tibet after the Chinese invasion of 1950, director Ngawang Choephel was raised in India where he was surrounded by Tibetan refugees who instilled in him a love for traditional music. Returning to Tibet nearly forty years later as a musicologist, Choephel hoped to record what remained of Tibetan folk musi...
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Tibet in Song

directed by Ngawang Choephel, fl. 2009; produced by Ngawang Choephel, fl. 2009, Guge Productions (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media), 1 hour 26 mins
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Leaving Tibet after the Chinese invasion of 1950, director Ngawang Choephel was raised in India where he was surrounded by Tibetan refugees who instilled in him a love for traditional music. Returning to Tibet nearly forty years later as a musicologist, Choephel hoped to record what remained of Tibetan folk music. Confronted by the sounds of Chinese pop music and Communist propaganda, Choephel persisted in his efforts to preserve this native mu... Leaving Tibet after the Chinese invasion of 1950, director Ngawang Choephel was raised in India where he was surrounded by Tibetan refugees who instilled in him a love for traditional music. Returning to Tibet nearly forty years later as a musicologist, Choephel hoped to record what remained of Tibetan folk music. Confronted by the sounds of Chinese pop music and Communist propaganda, Choephel persisted in his efforts to preserve this native musical history, only to be imprisoned by the Chinese government as a spy. Show more Show less
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ngawang Choephel, fl. 2009, Guge Productions
Author / Creator
Ngawang Choephel, fl. 2009
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Speaker / Narrator
Ngawang Choephel, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Folk music, Folklore, Tibetan
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Copyright © 2010 by Center for Asian American Media
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